Buggy the Clown

Buggy the Clown (é"åŒ–ã®ãƒã‚®ãƒ¼) is a fictional character of the manga and anime One Piece. His appearance is best described as a mix between a blue-haired clown and a stereotypical pirate, with crossbones facepaint. (His facepaint seems to change every once in a while.) The big, red nose on his face is his real nose and he is very, very touchy about it. (He once destroyed an entire town when a couple of kids made fun of his nose.)

He is the captain of Buggy's Band of Pirates, and his first mate is Mohji the Lion Tamer, while his second mate is Cabaji the Acrobat.

History

The Bitter Grudge

Buggy holds a bitter grudge against Red-Haired Shanks over the matter of his Devil Fruit curse. In their youth, both men were pirates aboard the same ship, and constantly argued over everything imaginable (in the flashback in the manga and the anime alike, they argue over whether the North or South Pole is colder). During a raid on an enemy ship, Buggy found a treasure map marking the location of a valuable underwater treasure; during the same raid, the crew retrieved a Bara Bara Fruit. Told of the fruit's value, Buggy switched the real fruit with a fake, and then ate the fake in front of the crew so he could sell the fruit which was worth a good amount of money. But, while privately gloating with both the map and the fruit in his possession, Buggy was surprised by Shanks; he hid the fruit in his mouth, and before he could remove it, Shanks surprised him again and he swallowed it - forever losing the ability to swim, and thus also losing his chance to get the treasure underwater. One Piece - Episode 08 and One Piece manga - Vol.3 - Chapter 19. Shanks and Buggy's history

Terror in Port Town

Buggy's first appearance in the series had him terrorizing a town named "Port Town", taking out random buildings with cannonballs (including his special "Buggy balls", one of which is capable of taking out entire blocks). Monkey D. Luffy happened to fall into the village when Buggy shot down a passing seabird that was attempting to eat him. After Nami (who had robbed Buggy of a map of the Grand Line) double-crossed both Luffy and Buggy in that order, he set about trying to kill both of them. During his battle with Luffy, Nami stole and tied up his separate body parts, leaving him with just his head, hands and feet - and leaving him helpless to stop Luffy from beating him.

After losing his battle with Luffy, Buggy was separated from his body parts for a long period of time. He found himself on various adventures (as depicted in the "Buggy: After The Battle" chapter-opening pages), one of which had him meeting up with Gaimon. After leaving Gaimon's island, Buggy was attacked by a giant crab - and then saved by a mysterious, beautiful woman who turned out to be Luffy's old foe, Alvida. Learning that Luffy now had a price on his head, Buggy was more than happy to join forces with Alvida.

Buggy's Revenge

The two pirates found Buggy's Band, which had fallen into ruin under the command of Richie, Mohji's pet lion. Reunited with his body parts, Buggy pulled his crew out of trouble and resumed hunting after Luffy.

The second battle between the two crews took place in Rogue Town, where Buggy's Band attempted to execute Monkey D. Luffy. Buggy and Alvida's plans were thwarted due in part to the marines, various pirates and rather unlucky weather (which may or may not have been caused by Dragon).

Currently Buggy is sailing the Grand Line with Alvida and his crew and has met up with Portgas D. Ace who has promised to show him the way to Luffy. Buggy has also mentioned that he once met Whitebeard, but the nature of that meeting has not been revealed quite yet. One Piece manga - Vol.25 - Chapter 233, Buggy and Ace

Abilities

Buggy accidentally consumed the Bara Bara (Chop Chop, or Split Split) Fruit, a Devil Fruit (Cursed Fruit in the English anime), which allows him to separate his body parts and control them independent of each other, but robbed him of the ability to swim. The abilities gained from this fruit also make Buggy immune to attacks from knives or swords; any such attack just separates him into his component parts. In addition, most of his body is capable of flying through the air - with the crucial exception of his feet.

Trivia

*In a recent Japanese Fan Poll, Buggy the Clown in currently ranked the 30th most popular character in One Piece.
*Buggy was originally going to be called "Boogie". The creator of One Piece, EiichirÅ Oda, saw a movie and saw that the name "Boogie" was taken. Oda quickly thought up the new name (in less than half a second).
*One of Oda's more mature SBS questions asked if Buggy's lower regions were also able to split and fly off. Oda replied 'yes' as every part of Buggy's body could fly off. SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.12 Chapter 103, Fan question: If Buggy's upper body bodys can fly off, can his lower parts fly off too?

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